“The Magazine of Magic” vol. 4, 1916 is a copyright expired how to magazine of the 1910s graciously shared for free download in Google Books. They have also volumes from 1915, 1917, 1920 and 1921. This snippet can be found by searching for “Quick Change” in volume 4.
This is very, very interesting.
Might I recommend adding a couple images and text interpreting the words from the book?
I’m thinking it would be cool to make a tie based on the instructions and try to make it work!